Martin Chauke is a marketing, advertising and communications professional with a strong general management record with acclaimed blue chip management training and development from Unilever, Gillette South Africa and Sappi Limited.

Martin has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from University of the North and received his post graduate education from Wits Business School in Management (Management Advancement Program) and Marketing (Certificate Program in Marketing Management).

In the year that Martin was appointed MD at Graphicor, South Africa’s top investor communications and design agency, it was awarded top honours at Financial Mail’s Adfocus Awards as the “Design Agency of the Year."

Thomas Oosthuizen has a doctorate in marketing communications. He is an honorary professor in business management at The University of Johannesburg, a board member of the Independent Institute for Education at Advtech and an advisory board member of the Vega Brand School. He is also a board member of the Luthuli Museum.

Thomas worked in marketing (research and advertising) positions in Colgate-Palmolive and ABSA, and as head of strategic planning for Draft FCB. He ran his own advertising agency, O2 Communications, for seven years. During this time, they strategised and managed the global launch of AngloGold Ashanti and on the NYSE; they launched Outsurance and they launched et.tv. It included all facets of these launches, from developing the strategies, to the brand identities and all aspects of their communications to staff and the marketplace. The company consulted to Anglo American plc on corporate communications for seven years.

Frikkie Botha started Phenduka Perceptions Consulting as an independent perception management consultancy in 2007.

He was previously the CEO of Arcay Communications a full service communications agency. He spearheaded the establishment of the agencies public affairs offering. He has worked in more than 20 African countries and was instrumental in helping to establish the largest network of independent public relations agencies on the continent.

He has more than 10 years of experience in providing strategic counsel and implementation support to a range of clients including Public and Private sector clients and Non-governmental Organisations (NGO’s) on projects ranging from nation branding, government relations, corporate positioning, issue management, crisis communications to media relations.

Originally trained as an engineer, Tholi worked for several years in the petroleum industry. After a short stint in management consulting, a change of career saw him spend fifteen years in the broader marketing communications industry (advertising, design, promotions, public relations), in both strategic planning and client liaison. He has led teams handling a diverse range of clients on assignments comprising consumer and business-to-business marketing, internal communications in support of strategic change, and government campaigns. 

Tholi also worked in the national government at Deputy Director-General level, having been contracted by the GCIS (Government Communications and Information System) to set up an infrastructure for a co-ordinated international marketing effort for South Africa, through the creation of an organisation called the International Marketing Council (IMC). In this position, he led an interdepartmental project team comprising officials from nine national government departments and several government agencies.